<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="generator" content="ExDoc v0.19.1"> <title>Behaviour – Elixir v1.7.2</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/app-240d7fc7e5.css" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/v1.7/Behaviour.html" /> <script src="dist/sidebar_items-cdf4e58b19.js"></script> </head> <body data-type="modules"> <script>try { if(localStorage.getItem('night-mode')) document.body.className += ' night-mode'; } catch (e) { }</script> <div class="main"> <button class="sidebar-button sidebar-toggle"> <span class="icon-menu" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Toggle Sidebar</span> </button> <button class="sidebar-button night-mode-toggle"> <span class="icon-theme" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Toggle Theme</span> </button> <section class="sidebar"> <a href="http://elixir-lang.org/docs.html" class="sidebar-projectLink"> <div class="sidebar-projectDetails"> <h1 class="sidebar-projectName"> Elixir </h1> <h2 class="sidebar-projectVersion"> v1.7.2 </h2> </div> <img src="assets/logo.png" alt="Elixir" class="sidebar-projectImage"> </a> <form class="sidebar-search" action="search.html"> <button type="submit" class="search-button"> <span class="icon-search" aria-hidden="true"></span> </button> <input name="q" type="text" id="search-list" class="search-input" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" autocomplete="off" /> </form> <ul class="sidebar-listNav"> <li><a id="extras-list" href="#full-list">Pages</a></li> <li><a id="modules-list" href="#full-list">Modules</a></li> <li><a id="exceptions-list" href="#full-list">Exceptions</a></li> </ul> <div class="gradient"></div> <ul id="full-list" class="sidebar-fullList"></ul> </section> <section class="content"> <div class="content-outer"> <div id="content" class="content-inner"> <h1> <small class="visible-xs">Elixir v1.7.2</small> Behaviour <a href="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.7.2/lib/elixir/lib/behaviour.ex#L1" title="View Source" class="view-source" rel="help"> <span class="icon-code" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">View Source</span> </a> </h1> <div class="deprecated"> This module is deprecated. Use @callback and @macrocallback attributes instead. </div> <section id="moduledoc"> <p>Mechanism for handling behaviours.</p> <p>This module is deprecated. Instead of <a href="#defcallback/1"><code class="inline">defcallback/1</code></a> and <a href="#defmacrocallback/1"><code class="inline">defmacrocallback/1</code></a>, the <code class="inline">@callback</code> and <code class="inline">@macrocallback</code> module attributes can be used (respectively). See the documentation for <a href="Module.html"><code class="inline">Module</code></a> for more information on these attributes.</p> <p>Instead of <code class="inline">MyModule.__behaviour__(:callbacks)</code>, <code class="inline">MyModule.behaviour_info(:callbacks)</code> can be used.</p> </section> <section id="summary" class="details-list"> <h1 class="section-heading"> <a class="hover-link" href="#summary"> <span class="icon-link" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Link to this section</span> </a> Summary </h1> <div class="summary-functions summary"> <h2> <a href="#functions">Functions</a> </h2> <div class="summary-row"> <div class="summary-signature"> <a href="#defcallback/1">defcallback(spec)</a> </div> <div class="summary-synopsis"><p>Defines a function callback according to the given type specification</p> </div> </div> <div class="summary-row"> <div class="summary-signature"> <a href="#defmacrocallback/1">defmacrocallback(spec)</a> </div> <div class="summary-synopsis"><p>Defines a macro callback according to the given type specification</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="functions" class="details-list"> <h1 class="section-heading"> <a class="hover-link" href="#functions"> <span class="icon-link" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Link to this section</span> </a> Functions </h1> <div class="detail" id="defcallback/1"> <div class="detail-header"> <a href="#defcallback/1" class="detail-link" title="Link to this macro"> <span class="icon-link" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Link to this macro</span> </a> <span class="signature">defcallback(spec)</span> <a href="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.7.2/lib/elixir/lib/behaviour.ex#L20" class="view-source" rel="help" title="View Source"> <span class="icon-code" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">View Source</span> </a> <span class="note">(macro)</span> </div> <section class="docstring"> <p>Defines a function callback according to the given type specification.</p> </section> </div> <div class="detail" id="defmacrocallback/1"> <div class="detail-header"> <a href="#defmacrocallback/1" class="detail-link" title="Link to this macro"> <span class="icon-link" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Link to this macro</span> </a> <span class="signature">defmacrocallback(spec)</span> <a href="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.7.2/lib/elixir/lib/behaviour.ex#L27" class="view-source" rel="help" title="View Source"> <span class="icon-code" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">View Source</span> </a> <span class="note">(macro)</span> </div> <section class="docstring"> <p>Defines a macro callback according to the given type specification.</p> </section> </div> </section> <footer class="footer"> <p> <span class="line"> Built using <a href="https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc" title="ExDoc" target="_blank" rel="help noopener">ExDoc</a> (v0.19.1), </span> <span class="line"> designed by <a href="https://twitter.com/dignifiedquire" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="@dignifiedquire">Friedel Ziegelmayer</a>. </span> </p> </footer> </div> </div> </section> </div> <script src="dist/app-a0c90688fa.js"></script> </body> </html>